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JEROME LLOYD, or BRYN Brawn, PE NSYLVANIA.

SAND CAR.

AppIication flied June 13, 1925. Serial No. 36,906.

This invention relates to improvements in freight cars of the closed orbox car type, an object being to provide a car of this character whichis adapted to carry sand or other loose material, with means for dumpingthe material to one side of the car.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means forcontrolling the dumping operation from the outside of the car andwithout opening the car door.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means for openingand closing the car door and for holding the door in closed position,novel means being provided for operating the door holding means.

"With the above and other objects-in View the invention further includesthe following novelt'eatures and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointedout in the appended claims.

In the drawings Y Fgure 1 is a side elevation of a car constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on the iine 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure t is a section on the line P4. of Figure Figure 5 is a similarview on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts. the reference character it) indicates aclosed freight car which may be of any suitable construction and whichis provided at opposite sides with doors 11 and at opposite ends withdischarge openings 12, the latter being located in the bottom or floorof the car. l a

Sliding-1y mounted within the openings 12 as shown at 13 in Figure 3 ofthe drawings are closures 14. while located beneath these openings forthe reception of material passing thercthrough. are chutes 15. Thesechutes incline downwardly and inwardly toward the center of the car andare provided at their inner ends with discharge openings 16.Theseopenings 16 discharge into an inclined trough or chute 17 which islocated centrally beneath and extends transversely of the car. Thetrough or chute 17 is open at its outer end so that material from thecar may pass through the openings 12 and section on the be conveyed bythe chutes to the chute 17 and outward to one side of the car.

Secured to the closures 14t are racks 1S and the latter are engaged bypinions 13 which are secured to the inner ends of shafts 66 20. Theseshafts are mounted in suitable bearings 21 and extend longitudinally ofthe car toward the opposite ends. being provided with crank handles 21at their outer ends so that the shafts may be rotated. By this or spacedkeepers 25 which are adapted to be engaged by latches 26, the latterbeing pivotally mounted asindicated at 27 upon the side of the car. Thelatches 26 are movable in guides 28 and are connected by a link so as toprovide for their simultaneous $6 pivotal movement. the latch-0f eachslde V of the car carries an angularly extending arm 30 and this arm issecured by means of a pivoted link 31 to one end of a rack bar 32.

This bar operates within a guide frame secured tothe side of the car andis engaged by a pinion 34 which is operated by a crank arm 35. Guidepinions 36 also engage the rack bar to provide smoothness pf operation.

The crank arms 24 and 35 are removable and these arms are adapted to beplaced within-suitable recesses formed in the sides of the car andnormally closed by substan tially L-shaped plates or covers 36.

By means of the crank arrti 35, the latches 26 may be simultaneouslyoperated to re lease them from the keepers 25, whereupon the crank arm24; may be rotated to open the door 11.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of constructmn and the right 15 here- 111 reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaims. W5

Having described, the invmtion what is claimed 1s:-

1. A car having an opening in the bottom. thereof, an inclined chutelocated transversely beneath the bottom of the car, an for f arms 70dined chute located beneath the opening and extending longitudinallyotthe car above the transverse chute, a sliding closure nor the openingand means to operate the closure.

2. A car having an opening in the bottom' thereof, an inclined chutelocated transverse- 1y beneath the botton of the car, an inclined chutelocated beneath the opening and extending longitudinally of the carabove the transverse chute, a sliding closure for the opening,

a rack secured to the bottom of the closure, a shaft journalled beneaththe car, a pinion secured upon one end of the shaft and engaging therack and means at the opposite end of the shaftto rotate the latter andoperate the closure.

3. A car having spaced openings in the bottom thereof, an inclined chuteextending transversely of the bottom of the car between the openings, aninclined chute located beneath each opening and extending longitwdinally of the car above and emptyn'ig the transverse chute, a slidingclosure each onening and means to operate the clo-- in longitudinallyinclined chute located be:

charging into thetransversely inclined chute neath each opening at eachend of and dis and means associated with each closure and extendingoutward to operate the closures. In testimony whereof I afi'ix mysignature.

JEROME LLQYD.

